Climbed with Scot. Not much snow, the storms from the week before largely missed this area. A surprisingly pleasant weather day - sunny and calm despite the cold. Very cool rock formations, would be worth another visit some day to scramble around on.

CMC hike, there were 10 of us. We started around 8:30AM and got back around 4:45. It was supposed to snow, but it started out mostly sunny. There was patchy snow and ice on the lower sections, and deeper snow from Bison Pass to the summit plateau. Snowshoes would have helped on this section, especially on the return. It took almost exactly 5 hours to reach the summit. It did start snowing and the wind picked up while we were near the summit, but it let up once we got below treeline. Dig those nifty granite monoliths up there!

A little breezy in the parking lot and near the top, but a picture-perfect day to head up Bison Peak. Climbing up through the rocks and through some slots to the top was fun and more challenging than heading around the side to reach the summit, though not necessarily recommended for the way back.

Decided to hike this peak for the first time and it was a really cool experience. The views are excellent and the summit is very unusual due to the strange rock formations. GPS said it was about 4200 feet of elevation gain and 12 miles round trip.